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State Day 2 recap
Contributor: The Nerd We had 1,000 views of the State Day 1 recap so it must have some use to the nerds out there, so we'll give it...
jayslagle
May 20, 20227 min read
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State Day 1 recap
Contributor: The Nerd Warning: This may be a one-day venture if exhaustion gets the best of me, but it's 5:00 a.m. and I'll do my best...
jayslagle
May 19, 20229 min read
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5/15/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Be the first Nerd Junior graduated from UNL yesterday, and we joined about 20,000 others at Memorial Stadium to...
jayslagle
May 15, 202218 min read
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5/08/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Folks, we're in the best part of the track season. The athletes may be tapering for Districts, but we're going...
jayslagle
May 8, 202220 min read
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High Plains Radio Interview, 5/5/22
I had the opportunity today to talk with Rich Barnett, the sports director at High Plains Radio in McCook, about the latest in track and...
jayslagle
May 5, 20221 min read
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05/01/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd For better or worse, I am back from vacation, so I have wrested control of the Nerdsletter from Nerd Junior and...
jayslagle
May 1, 202217 min read
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Class of 2022 Commitment List
Updated 04/28/22 We waited until May 2021 to post a list of college distance running commitments, but this year we'll try to give updates...
jayslagle
Apr 28, 20221 min read
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04/27/2022 Nerdsletter
Contributors: Nerd Junior and Nerd the Third With Nerd Senior still away on vacation, brace yourself for another edition from the reserve...
jayslagle
Apr 27, 20228 min read
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04/20/22 Nerdsletter
Contributors: Nerd Junior and Nerd the Third We're here for another week of the Nerdsletter. You may have noticed that the Nerd is not...
jayslagle
Apr 20, 20227 min read
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04/13/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd We're here for another week of the Nerdsletter. You can count on the Nerd team - for factual content, informed...
jayslagle
Apr 13, 202212 min read
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The fall and rise of Emmett Hassenstab
Contributor: Jay Slagle, Prep Running Nerd What a time it was to be Emmett Hassenstab. On May 22, 2021, he placed second in the State...
jayslagle
Apr 8, 202218 min read
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4/6/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Best moments of the week We hit four meets this week, and there were no shortages of memorable moments. However,...
jayslagle
Apr 6, 202215 min read
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03/30/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd The week ended March 26 featured a mix of three types of meets: (a) some final indoor meets for mostly Class A...
jayslagle
Mar 30, 202213 min read
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03/23/22 Nerdsletter
Contributor: The Nerd Most Nebraska track seasons start slowly due to subpar weather an limited indoor meets. However, this year is off...
jayslagle
Mar 22, 202210 min read
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2022 preview articles for NE HS T&F
Contributor: The Nerd Every now and then we take on ambitious projects, like that time in October 2021 when we interviewed the top two...
jayslagle
Mar 18, 20223 min read
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Class A distance preview
Contributor: Nerd the Third We already covered all of the classes in another article, but Class A distance running was our specialty in...
jayslagle
Mar 17, 202211 min read
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NE high school distance preview
This is part of a series of previews for the 2022 Nebraska high school track season. You can find more of them on our blog at...
jayslagle
Mar 16, 202216 min read
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NE high school sprints preview
The past few years the Prep Running Nerd team has devoted its coverage primarily to distance running, but we intend to give more love to...
jayslagle
Mar 14, 202213 min read
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NE high school high jump preview
The past few years the Prep Running Nerd team has devoted its coverage primarily to distance running, but we intend to give more love to...
jayslagle
Mar 14, 20226 min read
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NE high school triple jump preview
The past few years the Prep Running Nerd team has devoted its coverage primarily to distance running, but we intend to give more love to...
jayslagle
Mar 13, 20226 min read
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